Hey guy chapter 3 here….. and to greatveemon I cant even begin to imagine this being animated… I give you full permission to use this story for that!
Zoe began to tell Vinnie about how it all started, how Sunil first came in to the pet shop…. of course
Sunil had told his version of this to Vinnie in the past…. but of course Zoe was focused on telling what
happened to Pepper… and what she saw.
Mrs. Twombly lined the pets up for the customary greeting that was to be had every time a new pet
came. "Alright pets we have a new camper today" Mrs. Twombly said …. with Pepper in the corner
taking the liberty to mouth out each of her customary speech. "We have a nice Indian couple who just
moved in upstairs, they have a mongoose they'd like us to have for awhile….. his name is Sunil." As she
opened cage the mongoose did not emerge, the pets looked in the cage…. spotting a dark mass curled
up in the corner, Zoe told Vinnie that she thought he was shaking. "Oh come on out little fella" Mrs.
Twombly said as she tipped the cage over slightly to prod the creature out. Out plopped a mongoose,
blueish green with bright yellow eyes. Zoe recalled that his eyes were filled with fear, he shivered as he
took one good look at the pets and darted to the corner of the room. Mrs. Twombly left to go into the
storefront. All the pets stood still with confusion, observing the creature with his head facing the wall,
curled up in the corner.
"Should we introduce ourselves to him" Rusell said... making Vinnie cringe at Zoe's attempt to
impersonate his younger warbly voice.
"Well he's obviously shy Russell... leave him be... he'll come to us eventually" Zoe said . After that the
pets went off to play... but not Pepper. She stood their. She was upset that she didn't get to introduce
herself to the mongoose. Every time she introduced herself to a new pet she would play a prank...
whether it be a spraying flower or a hand buzzer, it almost always got everyone laughing, but most
important it usually made the newcomer laugh... and the smile on their face was worth it every time.
She decided she would approach him first. As she got close she tapped him on the shoulder, he quickly
turned around, causing Pepper to jump.
"Um ... hello", the wide fear filled eyes calmed slightly as he sensed the benevolence in her voice.
"h...h... hello" the creature peeped, in a thick Indian accent. Pepper had never heard such an accent
said so naturally, she had only heard it in stereotypical sitcoms. It was smooth and nice, she could say it
was even somewhat beautiful , Babu Bhatt and apu had nothing on this guy. Sunil began to point weirdly
at Peppers face. She looked down and realized he was looking at her orthodontic wire.
"That... is... that is..." the creature peeped , he had never seen mouth wires on anybody, he had se
braces on the occasional Brahman child but he had never seen such a wire on a person in Mumbai,
little own a pet.
"Oh this thingy... it's a wire... my teeth are crooked" . She saw the Mongoose trying desperately hard
to comprehend her words.
"This... w...wire... your teeth?", at that moment she could understand that english was not natural
To him.
"Yes"... she began to mime "IT MAKES THEM STRAIGHT" gesturing to her teeth. A small grin grew
across Sunil's face as she goofily tried to demonstrate to him.
'Alright Pepper he's bitten at the hook, now reel em in' she began to gesture to the flower on her chest.
"Look at this" she gestured pointing at her eyes to the flower, "its a flower".
"Why flower on chest" he giggled.
"Smell it... its a lilac" Sunil came over close to her, he put his nose up to the plastic flower... and
then... SQUIRT! He immediately flew back... scared and soaking wet, astonished by the
unexpected gush of water. He looked up at Pepper confused and miserable for a good few seconds.
Pepper became worried, maybe she had gone to far this time, her jokes may have annoyed people
But they never terrified them. She looked back at him with pleading eyes... almost trying to apologize
through her stare his open mouthed frown began to slowly form... changing into a straight
face... still with wide eyes that face changed from a calm smile... and then to a laugh.
"He he he... Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha HA HA HA HA! Pepper grinned wildely in victory... and
began to laugh with him.
And as to greatveemons I'm sorry if I got the characters addition to the pet shop wrong... I haven't watched an episode that says such a thing... anyway hope you guys like it I got a chapter coming every two days :)
